Pros
Helpful and supportive coworkers in the unit
Cons
PATIENT RATIO IS 1 to 4 but you get 5 very often; TECH IS 4 to 36 but only if you're lucky; most of the time its 3 techs or many times it's just 2 micromanagement to the extreme- im talking nitpicky about the smallest details; good deeds never get recognized, management never acknowledges good RN performances, management relies heavily on what patients say and what the higher ups, it is hard to tell whether the management listens to the employees or has their back or not, techs and RNs ALWAYS short handed, techs and RNs float even if the unit needs them, matching with the employee "matrix" if a major flaw, we are always shorthanded on staff, this short staffing is causing a lot of techs to be crabby to RNs just because both are overworked; there are several nights where we only had 2 techs in a 36 bed unit; also working in this unit means that you can float anywhere in the hospital, oftentimes when you float, they give you the worst patients of the unit, I've heard of some nurses getting 6 total q2 turns patients in a 12 hour shift; the only reason i come to work with a positive attitude is my RN coworkers, Basically: 1. Understaffing 2. High workload 3. Micromanagement 4. Management expects you to do the impossible and overwork yourself every shift
